LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Surrounded by three coyotes in the backyard of his family’s Los Angeles home Monday night, a brave cat named Max held his own and tried to fight them off all by himself — and the tense standoff was captured on video.

Maya Gurrin and her husband were watching a movie in their Highland Park home when they noticed a shadow of a tail through the window.

They went outside to check it out and were stunned to find a group of coyotes in their yard.